1988 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 14, 1988 (1988-01-14) – December 4, 1988 (1988-12-04)
Number of official events35
Most winsSouth Africa Gary Player (6)
Money listNew Zealand Bob Charles
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The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1988 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 17MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000United States Dave Hill (2)
Feb 14General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida350,000South Africa Gary Player (8)Senior major championship
Feb 21GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000United States Dale Douglass (5)New tournament
Feb 28Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000South Africa Gary Player (9)New tournament
Mar 6Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia320,000United States Orville Moody (5)
Mar 13GTE ClassicCalifornia275,000South Africa Harold Henning (2)
Mar 20Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona ClassicArizona225,000United States Al Geiberger (4)
Apr 17Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas250,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11)New tournament
May 8Vantage at The DominionTexas250,000United States Billy Casper (7)
May 15United Hospitals ClassicPennsylvania225,000Australia Bruce Crampton (12)
May 22NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (4)
May 29Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000New Zealand Bob Charles (5)
Jun 5Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas250,000United States Orville Moody (6)Pro-Am
Jun 12Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida400,000United States Billy Casper (8)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 19Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000United States Don Bies (1)New to Senior PGA Tour
Jun 26Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma250,000South Africa Gary Player (10)
Jul 4Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000New Zealand Bob Charles (6)
Jul 10GTE Northwest ClassicWashington300,000Australia Bruce Crampton (13)
Jul 17Showdown ClassicUtah350,000United States Miller Barber (21)
Jul 23Newport CupRhode Island250,000United States Walt Zembriski (1)
Jul 24Volvo Seniors' British OpenScotland£150,000South Africa Gary Player (11)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 31Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12)
Aug 8U.S. Senior OpenIllinois325,000South Africa Gary Player (12)Senior major championship
Aug 14MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York250,000United States Dave Hill (3)
Aug 21Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000United States Orville Moody (7)
Aug 28Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky250,000New Zealand Bob Charles (7)
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000South Africa Gary Player (13)New tournament
Sep 18Crestar ClassicVirginia325,000United States Arnold Palmer (10)
Sep 25PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina300,000United States Dave Hill (4)
Oct 2Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (8)
Oct 9Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,000,000United States Walt Zembriski (2)
Oct 30General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada250,000United States Larry Mowry (3)
Nov 13Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida225,000United States Miller Barber (22)
Nov 20Gus Machado Senior ClassicFlorida300,000United States Lee Elder (8)
Dec 4GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000United States Don Bies (2)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1New Zealand Bob Charles533,929
2South Africa Gary Player435,914
3United States Dave Hill415,594
4United States Orville Moody411,859
5South Africa Harold Henning366,230

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)New Zealand Bob Charles[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ↑ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ↑ "1989 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1988 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "1988 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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